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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (KING RODRIGUEZ/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after Twitter user Info Ops said there was a Viber group composed of almost 500 members discussing the supposed withdrawal of the military’s support for the Commander-in-Chief. In his press briefing on Monday, Roque said the President is not bothered by the reports that he described as “kwentong kutsero” (hearsay). “Hindi po nababahala ang Presidente. Tapat po siya s...

Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (PCOO / FILE PHOTO) Andanar made the statement after Twitter user Info Ops said there was a Viber group composed of almost 500 members discussing the supposed withdrawal of the military’s support for the Commander-in-Chief. In a Facebook post, Andanar said there was no truth behind the rumors and branded it as a figment of the imagination of those who wanted the President out of Malacañang. In a separate statement, the Palace official also...

Which means that is any partisan or ideological alignment he has is temporary. he wants to undermine america. and every patriotic american ought to be concerned about that. you listen to certain news outlets and it sounds like theres a russian behind everything thats happening in america and its laughable but you listen to other news outlets and its seemingly the case that putin is somebody we should trust and he has americas best interests at heart which is more absurd. i think we know people r...

Asked earlier if you have confidence in the january 62017 intelligence community assessment of russian attempts to interfere in the 2016 election. >> i acknowledge that in my confirmation. i have no reason to deny that. because you have confidence in the integrity and the professionalism of the men and women of the intelligence community. >> yes. is because they may be an issue about whether or not our pipeline is robust enough. we have enough people coming into the national security division. i...

Temporary prayed he wants to undermine america and every patriotic american ought to be concerned about that. he listened to certain news outlets and it sounds like theres a russian behind everything thats happening in america, and it is laughable but you listen to other news outlets and its the case that vladimir putin is someone that we should trust and he has americas best interest at heart which is more absurd. so i think we know again people who are reading intelligence know that russia is ...

Large but especially info ops and misinformation campaigns. >> well, the misinformation campaign is something that im not sure were at the bottom of yet. and it needs to continue to had examined. when i was on armed services committee, i got legislation passed to review our entire defense department situation to see how vulnerable we are there. and we have many vulnerabilities in our defense department. and our missile systems perhaps. and then weve got the commercial penetration that we have so...

Air force, marines and might have a little bit of an intel community and a little bit of intel ops, info ops campaign going, what is the russian investment? >> i cant give you a figure. i will say though that in comparison to classical military expenditures its -- its a bargain for them, and, of course what, they are looking for particularly in europe is sow dissension, split unity and, of course, end sanctions, and if they can drive wedges between and among the european nations by -- and partic...

And they all know this, it doesnt matter what party they might vote for, lots of spies dont even vote. there is no debate in the intelligence committee about what putin did in 2016 and what hes doing with info ops and propaganda now is when people do in the future. it is not a bad thing to meet with people you dont agree with on every issue but you start by being strong. start by explaining who we are and what we believe. we were weak yesterday on the global stage. >> dana: let me ask you, a lot...